Double life: Lincoln & Darwin

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin: two great men, both born on February 12, 1809, are scrutinized in New Yorker contributor Adam Gopnik’s Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life. In this year of their bicentennial birthdays, essayist Gopnik (Through the Children’s Gate) reveals a lifelong respect for these heroes and renders a finely considered,...

Through the Children's Gate

<b>Through the Children's Gate</b> Gopnik, author of the best-selling nonfiction book <i>Paris to the Moon</i> (2000), returns with a fresh collection of essays, all related to the experience of being a parent in New York, the city he has called home for the past five years. Taken together, the 20 essays in the book provide a charming overview of life in the Big Apple...